Friday Hunt, 2016.2.11

Friday rolls around and a favorite meme of mine, hosted by Teresa, is back, Friday Hunt. She provides the clues and we look for the pics...

Starts with K: I am looking at a variety of subjects, and I chose a few that may work well and these are…Kids, Kansas and Kettle Korn (which could have been as a yellow clue)

Kids. First day of school, ours in the jumper and red shorts. Ansonia, CT, 08/28/1996

Kansas. My dad at the CO/KS state line; guess the Summer of 1938

Kettle Corn by Giggles, Ansonia, CT

Yellow or Gold: Although I prefer the warmth of Summer, I acknowledge that autumn will occur, so a couple of autumnal pics (2013, I think) help to go for the gold. Taken by our front door (L) and our unkempt forsythia. Thanks again Teresa!

Friday Hunt, 2016.2.10

Another Friday is here, and we are ready for another fun edition of Teresa's fun meme Friday Hunt. She provides the clues and we look high and low to find said clues. With success I hope :)

Starts with 'J' Today's pic was taken at JFK Airport in New York City. This is my father on the tarmac of JFK in January 1970, just deplaned from a very early flight on the then new Boeing 747 jumbo jet. Look at how people traveled by jet in those days, nicely dressed with the old-fashioned vinyl flight bag on the shoulder and carrying a hard-sided Samsonite briefcase. For reference, I was just a high-school freshman at the time...

Week's Favorite. Just an hour ago, the always lovely Patti captured the setting sun out our back window in the Ansonia Uplands. It almost seems an Impressionist painting, the bold yet soft pastels looking like a just completed canvas in a gallery...

Surprise. I don't know if Linus McDonald is really surprised...but he may have been. Thanks Teresa!

Friday Hunt, 2016-18

It is time again for Teresa’s fun meme Friday Hunt. She gives us the clues and we look about for our subjects. For the week of April 29th, they are…

Starts with R. Of course, it stands for Ralph :) To make it even more interesting, I am Ralph III, named for my Grandpa Ralph, and my dad was Ralph II (actual suffix - I think where Ralph I grew up in West Virginia, most sons had the suffix ‘Junior’, so my father was given the appellation ‘II’). Here is at age 9 on the Atlantic in Brigantine, NJ…

Week's Favorite. Patti captured me one day at our favorite E-Street Gallery in Derby. I was wearing sunglasses and the reflected tile floor added a cool reflective look (and the photographer, too). So I have adopted it as my facebook profile pic…

Texture. Here is a long ago pic of our late Rigby. The monochrome feline texture here is Furry…I think :)

Shadow Shot Sunday - Easter 1947

It is the day before easter 2016 for this week's edition of Shadow Shot Sunday 2. I am reverting back seven decades to pics I have used before, but am fond of these due to their shadowy views on Easter Sunday 1947. Everybody got dressed up for the holiday, so my father looks resplendent in his suit as he leans against Grandpa's Dodge and stands in the driveway. The leafless shadows along Oregon Avenue look as sharp as dapper Dad...